DepartmentAsia

Ngaben procession scene

NamePainting

Artist Ida Bagus Putu Gede

CultureIndonesian/Balinese (Batuan)

Date1989

Place madeBatuan, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia, Asia

MediumWashed pen and ink with watercolor on paper

DimensionsImage Size: 15 3/4 × 23 5/8 in. (40 × 60 cm)
Framed: 22 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (57.1501 × 74.9301 × 3.4925 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne and William Frej in memory of Ida Bagus Putu Gede

Object numberA.2022.60.53

DescriptionThis depicts the ngaben, a procession through the streets carrying the body of a deceased royal or priest. The body is inside the wood and paper bull effigy on a palanquin to the left with two priests at its side. Some of his/her possessions are in the tower. These are being carried to the cremation grounds where the effigies and the tower will be burned. Number 30 in appraisal